Time for another (1979 23' Resto)

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Originally Posted by strick

Exhibit A and flotation should go well together.

I've been watching that thred over on THT as well I've always been partial to the lefty Kreh edition boats and Squid Lips is one of the nice Re do's I've seen. His transom is simple and opens up the deck a lot.

strick

Agreed, always liked the setup of the Lefty Kreh boats as well!

Had a fantastic weekend, I had the kids on Sat because wife was gone all day working (wedding photographer), so the boys and I spent some time enjoying this fantastic weather we are having here in South Carolina.



Spent some time digging into the 23 on Sunday, got some help from the boys as well. My 5 year old had a blast removing Potter Putty. Thank God I'm not paying him by the hour, I think he spend 2 hours removing 5 pieces, but he loved helping with the boat and it kept him out of my wife's hair.

Working on port side:



Found what appears to be some sort of rodent nest in the port cable chase:



Port side done:



More of the same on the starboard side, they did a good job with the putty on this boat, the deck was glued down well.:





Here is how he spent the majority of his time in the boat, popping putty off the top of the stringers.



The front portion of the deck was an absolute bear to get out, I probably spent an hour pulling and prying on it after cutting out the perimeter. I couldn't see anywhere it was glued down but I knew there had to be some putty somewhere holding it.

Finally decided enough is enough and busted out the old trusty HF low profile. I've had this thing for about 8 years now, and it's an absolute beast, now that I've lifted it into the boat several times I really wish I would have bought the aluminum:



Within 2 minutes of getting it position there was a VERY satisfying pop and the whole front deck lifted about 3", this chunk of putty in the bow was holding it in place:



After I heaved the front deck out of the boat the inspector's arrived to make sure the work was completely satisfactorily:



Once I had their approval and they returned back inside to finish their dinner I snapped a few pics before buttoning up. Here is how she sits:





It surprised me that the front of the stringers were just wide open, the foam is dry there (doesn't matter, it's all coming out) but you'd think that they would have enclosed it just to ensure water doesn't get in.

Still got some more demo to do, as I mentioned in the last post, trapezoidal stringers are coming out and grid going in, so more glass cutting and lots of foam digging in my immediate future.